Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'blessed' occurs 529 times in the standard works.

183 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'blessed' in the standard works and contain 34.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 76 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 12:1-11 (13 in 11 verses)

Matt. 5:3-11 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 32:13-16 (7 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 26:15-19 (7 in 5 verses)

Deut. 28:3-6 (6 in 4 verses)

Ps. 72:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 6:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 10:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 14:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 45:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 20:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 6:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 5:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 28:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 49:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 118:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 1:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:20 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:79 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 6:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 32:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 84:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 112:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 34:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 66:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 217 0 217
NT 85 3 88
BM 139 0 139
1 Ne. 12 0 12
2 Ne. 15 0 15
Jacob 3 0 3
Enos 3 0 3
Mosiah 15 0 15
Alma 36 0 36
Hel. 6 0 6
3 Ne. 39 0 39
4 Ne. 3 0 3
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 5 0 5
DC 69 0 69
PGP 19 0 19
TOTAL 529 3 532

1 Ne. 2:1
For behold, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto my father, yea, even in a dream, and said unto him: Blessed art thou Lehi, because of the things which thou hast done; and because thou hast been faithful and declared unto this people the things which I commanded thee, behold, they seek to take away thy life.

1 Ne. 2:19
And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying: Blessed art thou, Nephi, because of thy faith, for thou hast sought me diligently, with lowliness of heart.

1 Ne. 3:8
And it came to pass that when my father had heard these words he was exceedingly glad, for he knew that I had been blessed of the Lord.

1 Ne. 11:6
And when I had spoken these words, the Spirit cried with a loud voice, saying: Hosanna to the Lord, the most high God; for he is God over all the earth, yea, even above all. And blessed art thou, Nephi, because thou believest in the Son of the most high God; wherefore, thou shalt behold the things which thou hast desired.

1 Ne. 13:37
And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.

1 Ne. 14:2
And harden not their hearts against the Lamb of God, they shall be numbered among the seed of thy father; yea, they shall be numbered among the house of Israel; and they shall be a blessed people upon the promised land forever; they shall be no more brought down into captivity; and the house of Israel shall no more be confounded.

1 Ne. 15:18
Wherefore, our father hath not spoken of our seed alone, but also of all the house of Israel, pointing to the covenant which should be fulfilled in the latter days; which covenant the Lord made to our father Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

1 Ne. 16:8
And thus my father had fulfilled all the commandments of the Lord which had been given unto him. And also, I, Nephi, had been blessed of the Lord exceedingly.

1 Ne. 18:24
And it came to pass that we did begin to till the earth, and we began to plant seeds; yea, we did put all our seeds into the earth, which we had brought from the land of Jerusalem. And it came to pass that they did grow exceedingly; wherefore, we were blessed in abundance.

1 Ne. 19:17
Yea, and all the earth shall see the salvation of the Lord, saith the prophet; every nation, kindred, tongue and people shall be blessed.

1 Ne. 22:9
And it shall also be of worth unto the Gentiles; and not only unto the Gentiles but unto all the house of Israel, unto the making known of the covenants of the Father of heaven unto Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

1 Ne. 22:10
And I would, my brethren, that ye should know that all the kindreds of the earth cannot be blessed unless he shall make bare his arm in the eyes of the nations.